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a) Name the specific countries of the world where the following grassland vegetation types are found:-
(i)Velds
(ii) Pampas
(iii) Dawns
b) Explain three factors that have led to a decline of natural grassland in Kenya

Answer Text:
a i) south Africa
ii) Argentina
iii) New Zealand
b) -The frequent outbreak of bush fires destroys the grass retarding its regeneration
-The increasing human population is encroaching into the grasslands replacing them with settlement and cultivated land
-Pests such as army worms /locust destroy the grass and the vegetation degenerations into a semi- desert type
-Wild and domestic animals overgraze and cause stunted growth of grass